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ALISE Webinar | Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Disabled Faculty and Professionals
Friday, March 29, 2019, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
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Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Disabled Faculty and Professionals

Presented By:

Kim M. Thompson, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
Paul T. Jaeger, Professor, Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Co-Director of the College of Information Studies MLIS Program, and Co-Director of the Information Policy and Access Center, University of Maryland

Moderated By:

Clayton A. Copeland, Director, Laboratory for Leadership in Equity and Diversity (LLEAD), and Instructor, School of Library and Information Science, College of Information and Communications, University of South Carolina

Presenter Bios

Dr. Kim M. Thompson webinar presenter Kim M. Thompson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the University of South Carolina in the School of Library and Information Science. Her research has a principle focus on the relationship between information access and social inclusion. She examines conceptualizations of digital inclusion, information access, and information poverty, and is an editorial board member of the International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion and guest editor of an upcoming issue focused on engaging disability.
Dr. Paul Jaeger webinar presenter Paul T. Jaeger, Ph.D., J.D., M.L.S., M.Ed., is Professor, Diversity & Inclusion Officer, and Co-Director of the MLIS program of the College of Information Studies, and Co-Director of the Information Policy and Access Center at the University of Maryland. Dr. Jaeger is the Associate Editor of the International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion, founder of the Conference on Inclusion and Diversity in Library and Information Science, and co-founder of the UMD Disability Summit.

 

Presentation Description: 

While most attention to including people with disabilities in academia and professional settings has been focused on students and users, this webinar will explore potential routes to improving the hiring and retention of disabled faculty and professionals. It is designed with North American and Australian university and professional settings as the basis, but we hope that most issues and proposed solutions will resonate with international participants.

Using data from a recent content analysis of Australian LIS job ads (with Rebecca Muir and Asim Qayyum), Kim M. Thompson will introduce themes of diversity, including disability, found in the position descriptions, greeting LIS graduates as they apply for their first jobs or seek to advance their careers.

Paul T. Jaeger will follow with the discussion of the interviewing process for people with disabilities in academia and the profession, including the discussion of key challenges to including disability that remain insufficiently addressed in the field and the ways in which educators, administrators, and institutions can work together to confront these challenges.

Webinar:  Friday, March 29, 2019, 12:00 - 1:00 pm EST